Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music | |
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Awarded for | Achievement in excellence in music |
Country | United Kingdom (UK) |
Presented by | British Phonographic Industry (BPI) |
First awarded | 1977 |
Currently held by | Kylie Minogue (2024) |
Most awards | Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Elton John (3) |
Website | www |
The Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music is the Lifetime Achievement award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), [1] [2] an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom. [3] The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music. [4] The honourees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees. [5]
The award was first presented in 1977 and was subsequently awarded annually from 1982 to 2010. The award has since been presented intermittently as the BRIT's Icon Award, with the original name being re-instated at the 2019 Brit Awards ceremony. [6] Since 2000, the Classic BRIT Awards have also annually presented their own Outstanding Contribution to Music Award. [7] The award was last presented under its original name at 2019 Brit Awards. [8] However, the Global Icon Award, which was described as the BRIT's "highest accolade", and an international version of the BRIT's Icon Award, was presented in 2021 to Taylor Swift. [9]
Elton John, Paul McCartney and John Lennon are the artists with the most wins with three awards. U2 were the first international band to receive the BRIT award while Pink and Bob Geldof were the first female solo artist and the first international artist to receive it respectively. Cecilia Bartoli and Andrea Bocelli were the first female soloist and international artist respectively to receive the Classic BRIT Award.
Year | Recipient(s) |
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1977 | LG Wood and The Beatles |
1982 | John Lennon |
1983 | The Beatles |
1984 | George Martin [10] |
1985 | The Police [11] |
1986 | Elton John and Wham! [12] |
1987 | Eric Clapton [13] |
1988 | The Who [14] |
1989 | Cliff Richard (Lifetime Achievement Award) [15] |
1990 | Queen [16] |
1991 | Status Quo [17] |
1992 | Freddie Mercury (posthumously) [18] |
1993 | Rod Stewart [19] |
1994 | Van Morrison [20] |
1995 | Elton John [21] |
1996 | David Bowie [22] |
1997 | Bee Gees [23] |
1998 | Fleetwood Mac [24] |
1999 | Eurythmics [25] |
2000 | Spice Girls [26] |
2001 | U2 [27] |
2002 | Sting [28] |
2003 | Tom Jones [29] |
2004 | Duran Duran [30] |
2005 | Bob Geldof [31] |
2006 | Paul Weller [32] |
2007 | Oasis [33] |
2008 | Paul McCartney [34] |
2009 | Pet Shop Boys [35] |
2010 | Robbie Williams [36] |
2012 | Blur [37] |
2014 | Elton John (Icon Award) [38] |
2016 | David Bowie (Icon Award) [39] |
2017 | Robbie Williams (Icon Award) [40] |
2019 | Pink [8] |
2021 | Taylor Swift (Global Icon Award) [9] |
2024 | Kylie Minogue (Global Icon Award) [41] |
Year | Recipient |
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2000 | Nigel Kennedy |
2001 | Simon Rattle |
2002 | Andrea Bocelli |
2003 | Cecilia Bartoli |
2004 | Renée Fleming |
2005 | James Galway |
2006 | Placido Domingo |
2007 | Vernon Handley |
2008 | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
2009 | José Carreras |
2010 | Kiri Te Kanawa |
2011 | John Barry (posthumously) |
2012 | John Williams |
2013 | Hans Zimmer |
2014 | Luciano Pavarotti (posthumously) |
2018 | Vera Lynn |
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